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"Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man."
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"Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue."
"Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated."
"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."
"Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice."
"I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue."
"Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind."
"I cannot say enough of appreciation for your determination to live by the standards of the Church, to walk with the strength of virtue, to keep your minds above the slough of filth which seems to be moving like a flood across the world. Thank you for knowing there is a better way. Thank you for the will to say no. Thank you for the strength to deny temptation and look beyond and above to the shining light of your eternal potential."
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"Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another."
"Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience."
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest."
"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable."
"Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition."
"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."
"Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty."
"Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased."
"As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce."
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